David Garnett

David Garnett

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1892 - 1981

Occupation

Writer

Description

Novelist, short story writer, and bookshop owner. Books include 'Lady Into Fox' (1922, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and 'Aspects of Love' (1955, made into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber). Author of his memoir 'The Golden Echo' (1953). Founder of the Nonesuch Press. Had an affair with Duncan Grant and Francis Birrell. Bisexual.

See Also

• Founders of LGBTQ Book Publishers
• The Bloomsbury Group in LGBTQ History

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Garnett
• https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/david-garnett-estate
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/23/bloomsburys-outsider-a-life-of-david-garnett-sarah-knights-review-biography

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